Start your screams Ride and roller coaster-deprived suburban residents can rectify this seasonal deficiency once Six Flags Great America reopens this weekend at I-94 and Route 132, Gurnee. $20.13 opening weekend only if purchased online; otherwise $41.99-$61.99 or $41.99 for kids under 48 inches in height. Kids ages 2 and younger admitted free. (847) 249-4636 or sixflags.com. 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 4, and 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 5; season runs through October

Tribute to AnnetteSinger and actor Frankie Avalon pays tribute to his late beach movie co-star Annette Funicello Saturday in a special concert at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $49-$89. (630) 962-7000 or oshows.com. 8 p.m. Saturday, May 4

Wiggling cigarGet a sense of the comic performing genius of the late Groucho Marx when Frank Ferrante brings his show "An Evening With Groucho" back to the Chicago area Sunday at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. $35. (847) 577-2121 or metropolisarts.com. 7 p.m. Sunday, May 5

High comedy Comedian Doug Benson ("Super High Me," "The Doug Benson Interruption") will no doubt have kind things to say about Colorado and Washington state, which both recently passed marijuana initiatives, when he performs Sunday at Zanies Comedy Club, 5437 Park Place, Rosemont. $20 plus a two menu-item purchase. (847) 813-0484 or zanies.com. 7 p.m. Sunday, May 5

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